About the Game
This place is shrouded in mystery. Horrible legends and gloom filled ancient stories, full of unimaginable things, have been going around for centuries.
The Endless Dungeon that was created long before humans...
So say the old people. Now — a place of darkness and ugly creatures.
Spark in the Dark is an atmospheric Dungeon Crawler in a medieval dark fantasy setting, where our hero dives into the depths of a grim ancient Dungeon.
What terrible secrets keep dark depths in themselves? Is there a limit to the Abyss? Who lived here before us?
Try to survive in the darkness of endless Dungeon full of ancient secrets and terrible creatures. Or stay here forever, trying to find a way out!
The Endless Dungeon that was created long before humans...
So say the old people. Now — a place of darkness and ugly creatures.
Spark in the Dark is an atmospheric Dungeon Crawler in a medieval dark fantasy setting, where our hero dives into the depths of a grim ancient Dungeon.
- 5 classes of heroes each with unique skills.
- Bloody battles with monstrous creatures and deadly traps.
- A lot of interactions with the environment, including testing the skills of the hero.
- Many secret places.
- Deep and intricate lore; About one hundred books and annals with stories revealing the secrets of the dark Dungeon as well as diaries, notes and points of interest.
- Levelling up the skills of the hero as they are used. Blessings, curses and injuries.
- Damaging and repairing the Hero’s equipment.
- Procedural Generation; Monsters, equipment, loot, stats and some level elements are generated differently each time you enter the Dungeon.
What terrible secrets keep dark depths in themselves? Is there a limit to the Abyss? Who lived here before us?
Try to survive in the darkness of endless Dungeon full of ancient secrets and terrible creatures. Or stay here forever, trying to find a way out!
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Version Information
Steam Patch Notes
Official update history
On the site: Build 25481096
Up to date
Change List
- Fixed an issue that could occur when shooting a flying creature.
- Fixed the hero getting stuck when trying to pry something open again too quickly with a crowbar.
- Fixed several colliders on the second tier where the hero could enter a gap and become trapped.
- Added a sound when the hero enters a defensive stance.
- Added a hero sound when a negative effect is removed using a surgical kit, bandages, an antidote, or other items.
- Made several minor fixes.
Thanks for the bug reports! We haven’t fixed everything yet, but we’re working on the remaining issues.
Change List
- Fixed the hero becoming stuck when switching weapons after firing a crossbow while in Stealth.
- Experience is now awarded when a creature dies from poison or bleeding inflicted by the hero.
- Fixed an issue that could make resting in the wounded warrior’s room on the first tier unsafe.
- Adjusted surgical kit generation: more kits than intended could previously appear on the second and subsequent tiers.
- Fixed wall lamps with switches loading incorrectly.
- Fixed an issue with loading a hanging Niss.
- Fixed several issues affecting Morrochs.
- The crane handle now displays the correct model when dropped.
- Broken swords now display the correct descriptions.
- Added sounds for using surgical kits and bandages.
- Improved Krael sounds.
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Change List
- Adjusted Krael balance: regular Kraels are now slightly weaker, while enhanced variants are slightly stronger.
- Fixed Undead attacks sometimes registering multiple times.
- Further adjusted the hero’s backward jump.
- Fixed stat display issues in the Hero Panel and Inventory.
- Fixed save file dates: Steam Cloud files could previously display their download date instead of the date they were last saved.
- Fixed incorrect images for broken swords.
- Fixed terrain issues in several locations across the dungeon tiers.
- Fixed incorrect lamp particle colors.
- The hero’s death sound on the death screen now follows the music volume setting.
- Updated several localization texts.
- Various minor fixes.
Thanks!
Change List
- Fixed a visual issue that caused blood to glow on macOS.
- Fixed a visual issue with hidden passages.
- Improved compatibility with older save files.
- Minor text fixes.
Thanks!
Hi everyone!
We’ve released a new update with a number of improvements, fixes, and gameplay refinements.
Thank you for your support!
We continue to monitor your feedback and take it into account as we work on further improvements to the game.
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We’ve released a new update with a number of improvements, fixes, and gameplay refinements.
Change List
- Improved the Dodge calculation formula. Heavy armor now applies a -10% Dodge penalty, while light armor grants a +10% bonus. Previously, heavy armor had a noticeable advantage over other armor types.
- Added a finishing move animation for two-handed swords
- Added new hit reaction animations for the Nisses
- Fixed issues that could leave the crossbow in an incorrect state if reloading was interrupted
- Fixed issues related to shooting flying creatures
- Improved the armor upgrade interface. Also fixed an issue that prevented upgrades from being applied when playing with a gamepad or on Steam Deck
- Moved the stealth indicator to the active effects panel at the bottom of the screen
- Fixed navigation of quick item slots when using the D-pad on a gamepad
- Added save file dates to the main menu
- Added missing journal entries when discovering the mysterious Teralixor Mechanism
- Polished and updated text across most localizations
- Various minor improvements and fixes
Thank you for your support!
We continue to monitor your feedback and take it into account as we work on further improvements to the game.
Hello everyone!
We've released a new update with a number of improvements, fixes, and adjustments.
Thank you for your support!
We continue to monitor your feedback and take it into account in our ongoing work on the game.
View on Steam
We've released a new update with a number of improvements, fixes, and adjustments.
Change List
- Adjusted the death penalty in Seeker Mode. On Hard difficulty, up to two items can be damaged; on Normal, one item; on Easy, equipment is no longer damaged after death
- Added a finishing move with bare fists
- Fixed a possible hero freeze when switching between a crossbow and another weapon
- Fixed a possible issue when changing Vertical Sync and FPS Limit settings
- Improved the appearance of Kort statues and updated textures for several mechanisms
- Reduced the weight of bandages
- Various minor fixes and improvements
Thank you for your support!
We continue to monitor your feedback and take it into account in our ongoing work on the game.
Change List
- Fixed sound issues
- Fixed blood effects
Thanks!
We’ve released a new update with a number of improvements, fixes, and gameplay adjustments.
Thank you for your support!
We continue to monitor your feedback and take it into account in our ongoing work on the game.
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Change List
- Hunter experience is now awarded when a trap is triggered and deals damage, not only when a creature dies
- Legendary weapon generation now depends on the hero’s preferred skill — one-handed or two-handed weapons. Previously, the chance was random (50/50)
- Optimized the game’s sound system — improved performance and reduced RAM usage
- Weapon switching now generates noise within a small radius. The effect depends on the hero’s skill, armor type, and whether the hero is in stealth
- Switching weapons while in stealth no longer breaks stealth
- Improved lock interaction for the Thief — the lockpicking window now displays the correct key name if one can be used
- Improved item throwing, including coins — items are now thrown within the hero’s forward hemisphere
- Fixed a hero freeze issue when interrupting drinking
- Fixed loading of stationary light sources — some lamps could fail to turn on after loading a save
- Adjusted secret area tracking on the 2nd and 3rd layers. Some passages are no longer considered secret, since they function as map shortcuts (applies to newly generated layers)
- Fixed a red glow visual artifact on macOS — improved blood shader
- Adjusted attack sounds for the flying creature
- Increased the fight collider size of the Bloodguzzler — making it easier to hit
- Various minor improvements and fixes
Thank you for your support!
We continue to monitor your feedback and take it into account in our ongoing work on the game.
We’ve released patch 0.3.13 with a number of improvements, fixes, and gameplay adjustments.
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We continue to monitor your feedback and take it into account in our ongoing work on the game.
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Change List
- Added finishing attacks with two-handed hammers and axes
- Accelerated the startup of finishing attacks with one-handed weapons
- Improved creature tracking in the Bestiary
- Increased reliability of quick weapon switching and fixed related issues
- Fixed possible hero freeze after firing a crossbow
- Fixed an issue with incorrect hero state when interrupting trap placement
- Fixed a permanent spider web debuff issue when resurrecting with a Dreamcatcher
- Fixed a possible death issue with Olaf Braga after the hero rescues him
- Hammers now take durability damage while blocking
- Reduced Health in the Health Talisman (35% → 25%)
- Fixed an issue when restarting a game after death
- Improved several areas on dungeon layers where object interaction was inconvenient
- Multiple stability fixes and minor improvements
Thank you for your support!
We continue to monitor your feedback and take it into account in our ongoing work on the game.
Version 0.3.12
Apr 30, 2026
We’ve released patch 0.3.12 with a number of improvements, balance changes, and fixes.
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We continue to monitor your feedback and take it into account in our ongoing work on the game.
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Version 0.3.12
- Improved dream system — alcohol now correctly affects the chance of nightmares
- Increased duration of most potions (90 sec → 120 sec). Health potion now heals more intensively.
- Added auto-reload for an empty crossbow when attacking (uses a standard bolt). Manual reload still opens the bolt selection window
- Increased crossbow reload speed — now scales more strongly with the Crossbows skill and Dexterity (skill has priority)
- Improved bolt retrieval mechanics from dead creatures and fixed related issues
- Added enhanced auto-attack for one-handed weapons when finishing off enemies (requires >1 weapon skill level)
- Optimized lighting across dungeon levels
- Durability progression of weapons, armor, and shields now better matches layer progression — items are slightly more durable on the 2nd and 3rd layers
- Improved generation of armor elements for the Blacksmith
- Fixed activation of artifacts for the Energy Core — previously, in some cases, they could be retrieved back
- Fixed Niss animation getting stuck in certain cases
- Added support for rebinding additional mouse buttons (Mouse4, Mouse5, etc.)
- Various minor level tweaks, stability fixes, and improvements
Thank you for your support!
We continue to monitor your feedback and take it into account in our ongoing work on the game.
Version 0.3.11
Apr 26, 2026
We’ve released patch 0.3.11 with a number of improvements, balance changes, and fixes.
Thank you for your support!
We continue to monitor your feedback and take it into account in our ongoing work on the game.
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Version 0.3.11
- Improved lighting system across all layers
- Improved creature trigger system — their arrival is now less predictable
- Refined Сounter-attack startup timing when using shields and two-handed swords
- Reduced the weight of medium and heavy shields, and slightly increased the durability of all shields
- Added the ability to repair hammers
- Added display elements for armor upgrade blueprints in the inventory
- Falling on your back outside of combat may now cause injury
- Dagger throw has been moved to RT for controllers
- Various minor fixes and stability improvements
Thank you for your support!
We continue to monitor your feedback and take it into account in our ongoing work on the game.
Version 0.3.10
Apr 23, 2026
We’ve released patch 0.3.10 with a number of improvements and fixes.
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We continue to monitor your feedback and take it into account in our ongoing work on the game.
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Version 0.3.10
- Added new “Vibration” and “Light” options (for DualShock and DualSense) — they can be disabled in the gamepad settings
- Improved save loading stability
- Improved camera zoom smoothness
- Improved gamepad zoom (right stick) — added threshold limits, so it no longer triggers unintentionally
- Improved gamepad navigation in the main menu and during new game creation
- Fixed a bug where armor upgrade blueprint knowledge could disappear when transitioning between levels — apologies to all affected Blacksmiths!
- Fixed an issue where creature deaths from poison and bleeding were not always credited to the player
- Slightly increased the number of crowbars when playing as the Hunter
- Improved creature triggers behavior when the hero is in stealth
- Various minor fixes and improvements
Thank you for your support!
We continue to monitor your feedback and take it into account in our ongoing work on the game.
Current Release
Build 25481096
Uploaded Oct 01, 2026
How to Install
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Download all files
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Extract the .ZIP file to a folder (use WinRAR or 7-Zip)
3
Run Spark in the Dark.exe to play
Troubleshooting tips
• Run Redist/_CommonRedist installers if game won't start
• Add folder to Windows Defender exclusions
• Run as administrator
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Archive password
Needed when extracting (WinRAR / 7-Zip) — not a site login.
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